Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects
By: Edward Posnett
3.62
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Map That Changed the World
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages,
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing th… read more
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2. The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
By: Daniel José Older , Edwidge Danticat , Jesmyn Ward , Honorée Fanonne Jeffers , Claudia Rankine , Kevin Young , Carol Anderson , Isabel Wilkerson , Mitchell S. Jackson , Kiese Laymon , Natasha Trethewey , Clint Smith , None , Garnette Cadogan , None , None , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Hardcover
National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, T… read more
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3. The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
By: Benjamin Wallace
4.00
Format: None pages,
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4. Landmarks
By: Robert Macfarlane
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Landmarksis Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between … read more
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5. The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
By: Thor Hanson
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2016 PNBA Book Award A finalist for the 2016 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in… read more
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6. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists … read more
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7. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
By: Sabrina Imbler
4.12
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more
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"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
8. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
9. Underland: A Deep Time Journey
By: Robert Macfarlane
4.22
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exi… read more
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10. The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
By: Patrik Svensson
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scie… read more
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11. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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12. Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
By: Gloria Dickie
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of 2023 A Scientific American Best… read more
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"Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were em…"-Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
13. Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
By: Mark Kurlansky
3.61
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cult… read more
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"Scientists estimate that between 1945 and 1958, the power of the nuclear weapons exploded in the world was equal to eight hundred times the power of the Hiroshima bomb. With each explosion, tiny part…"-Mark Kurlansky, Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
14. The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
By: Peter Wohlleben
3.74
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES A powerful return to the… read more
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"The ancient tie that binds us to nature is not and never has been severed. We have just ignored it for a while."-Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
15. Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains
By: Bethany Brookshire
4.03
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats t… read more
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16. Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
By: Temple Grandin
3.63
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of … read more
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17. Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
By: Neil Shubin
4.14
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
In Some Assembly Required, Neil Shubin takes readers on a journey of discovery spanning centuries, … read more
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18. The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out
By: William Sitwell
3.57
Format: 400 pages, ebook
Journeying 2,000 years into the past, food critic and writer William Sitwell artfully traces the ea… read more
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19. The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning
By: Long Litt Woon
3.83
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
A grieving widow feeling disconnected from life discovers a most unexpected obsession--hunting for … read more
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"Concluding a life takes time."-Long Litt Woon, The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning
"Death is absolute: either you're dead or you're not."-Long Litt Woon, The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning
"Grief grinds slowly; it devours all the time it needs."-Long Litt Woon, The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning
"Reading a book is like taking a walk through an unknown country."-Long Litt Woon, The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning
20. Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects
By: Edward Posnett
3.62
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
An intriguing exploration of the possibility of a more mutually beneficial relationship with nature… read more
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